Methodological Issues in the Analysis of Nonlinear Processes in Social and Cultural Dynamics

Abstract

The paper focuses on nonlinear socio-cultural dynamics inherent in a number of modern development processes, including modernization and globalization. This is a fundamental problem of sociology, which redirect sociological research towards complex theoretical analysis of contemporary social transformations. New approaches which reject the linear interpretation of social development and take into account its complexity and risks are discussed in the paper.